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Irinotecan in Treating Aging Patients With Solid Tumors

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00026195
First received: November 9, 2001
Last updated: July 23, 2008
Last verified: May 2003
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Aging may affect the way these drugs work.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to determine the relationship between aging and the effectiveness of irinotecan in treating patients who have solid tumors.


Condition Intervention Phase
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
 Drug: irinotecan hydrochloride
 Phase 1

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Clinical Pharmacology In The Elderly: Prospective Evaluation Of The Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacogenetics And Pharmacodynamics Of CPT-11 And Aging

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: September 2001
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine whether there is a relationship between the pharmacokinetic characteristics of irinotecan and aging in patients with non-hematologic malignancies.
  • Determine whether there is a relationship between the toxic effects of this drug and aging in these patients.
  • Determine whether the relationship between genotype (UGT1A1, CYP3A, and other relevant genes) and phenotype (pharmacokinetics, toxicity) is affected by aging in these patients treated with this drug.
  • Analyze data collected on the co-morbid conditions and concurrent medications in these patients treated with this drug.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age (18 to 55 vs 70 and over).

Patients receive irinotecan IV over 90 minutes once weekly for 4 weeks. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 140 patients (70 per stratum) will be accrued for this study within 3.5 years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed non-hematologic malignancy
  • Brain metastases or primary brain tumors are eligible provided patient is not receiving steroids or antiepileptic medications

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 to 55 or 70 and over

Performance status:

  • CTC 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT no greater than ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than ULN

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosourea)
  • No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease (no limit if administered in the adjuvant setting)
  • No prior camptothecin

Endocrine therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No concurrent radiotherapy, including for palliation

Surgery:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00026195

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Cancer and Leukemia Group B
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
Study Chair: Stuart M. Lichtman, MD Don Monti Comprehensive Cancer Center at North Shore University Hospital
  More Information

Additional Information:
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00026195     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068995, CLB-60001
Study First Received: November 9, 2001
Last Updated: July 23, 2008
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms
Irinotecan
Camptothecin
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
 Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action

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